| Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution: Birds and Mammals Subjects: Mammals -- Behavior; Mammals -- Ecology; Mammals -- Evolution; Birds -- Behavior; Birds -- Ecology; Birds -- Evolution; Social behavior in animals; Social evolution; Seeking common principles of social evolution in different taxonomic groups, the contributors to this volume discuss eighteen groups of birds and mammals for which long-term field studies have been carried out. They examine how social organization is shaped by the interaction between proximate ecological pressures and culture"--the social traditions already in place and shaped by local and phylogenetic history. |